In other words, if Wlad wins here then some posters will have to make the argument that 42 year old Wlad beats prime Ali hands down.
After 1.5 years out of the Ring and over 2 years since a decent performance this would be very impressive to win over the current best heavyweight.
Or AJ was overated, Or AJ was the best thing slice sliced bread and Wlad destroyed him, Or Wlad was old thus AJ's win means nothing, Or Wlad is the greatest HW in the last decade thus AJ win would be amazing. Or both are shite and Tyson fury is the man. Or GGG beats all 3 of them, An eubank jr calls out the winner. and the winner calls out tony bellew
Sorry, I was making reference to the Galvatron thread that went on about AJ beating a prime Ali. AJ got a ton of voted, lol.
Because according to media reports Wlad *SIGNED* a rematch clause. Contracts are there to be honored, not broken. Wlad can't cry about Fury being dishonest and scared but not honor his own contractual promises to AJ if it so happens. Let's see if Wlad wins at all first, seems hes a 4:6 underdog going into this.
Hard to say, for the moment it would be his greatest win since Povetkin. At age 41 out of the ring for 1.5 years....WOW. As long as Joshua does not become Audley Harrison, you have to rate it in his top three wins. I actually slightly favor Wlad to win. Joshua has defensive issues to exploit, it open to the right hand, has limited head movement, a chin that can be had, and might be a little muscle bound where stamina is an issue in the later rounds. Klitschko however will need to pull the trigger on his right hand and hook.
he already tried that and Fury bowed out twice. I think he will retire or try and fight Wilder or Parker.
If Wlad beats Joshua it will prove nothing but how overrated Joshua is. If Joshua beats Wlad then what will it prove? That he beat a washed up hack fighter who was never really good to begin with.